The African-American Heart Surgery Pioneer: The Genius of Vivien Thomas
(Part of the Genius at Work! Great Inventor Biographies Series)
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Vivien Theodore Thomas was an African-American surgical technician who developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome in the 1940s. He was an assistant to surgeon Alfred Blalock in Blalock's experimental animal laboratory at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and later at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. Without any education past high school, Thomas rose above poverty and racism to become a cardiac surgery...
Format:Library Binding
Language:English
ISBN:0766041409
ISBN13:9780766041400
Release Date:July 2013
Publisher:Enslow Publishing
Length:48 Pages
Weight:3.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.3" x 7.6" x 9.1"
Age Range:8 to 10 years
Grade Range:Grades 3 to 5
Customer Reviews
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Heart Man
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I became aware of Vivien Thomas's story two years ago. I am now reading everything I can find about this Brilliant Black Man.
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